> But some people do wish to participate in an early stage startup

You don't need to push yourself into burnout as an employee in order to participate in an early stage startup.

> earning €80k

80k€ gross is not a lot for a decent SWE in western europe. The reason people complain in Amsterdam is not the hours, it's that your comp is shit.

140k AUD. In major cities in Australia that is a reasonable mid level salary. I imagine that is good in Prague.

	▲	pyrale 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's a much better salary in Czech republic, Poland, etc, yes. 80k a few years ago was the price point at which you would get few Western Europe remote candidate and many Eastern Europe ones.